Tag: Regulations
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Local news station confronts hazmat drivers for smoking on the job
Atlanta news station WSB-TV just released the results of a two month investigation into hazmat truck drivers smoking behind the wheel.
OOIDA: truck driver shortage is a myth, no need for teen truckers
In a press release issued today, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) called the controversial "truck driver shortage" a myth and argues that there is no need to lower the age limit for interstate CDL operation.Â
ATA President goes on the attack against OOIDA with “extraordinary series of comments”
The American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear was featured by a national news outlet in an article in which he accused OOIDA affiliates of bomb...
Carrier ordered out of service for “complete and utter lack of compliance” with FMCSA regulations
A Georgia-based trucking company has been declared an imminent hazard to public safety by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for a laundry list...
Tennessee passes law forbidding use of state funds for ELD enforcement on some ag haulers
Last week Tennessee governor Bill Haslam signed a bill into law that would prevent any state funds to be used for the enforcement of Electronic Logging Device regulations for certain agricultural haulers.
Company asks FMCSA to allow them to use cameras instead of rear-vision mirrors
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is considering a regulation exemption that would allow a company to use replace a semi truck's two rear-vision mirrors with camera technology.
Ag haulers now exempt from ELD mandate until June 18
The FMCSA has announced that it will once again extend the electronic logging device (ELD) waiver for truck drivers who haul livestock and agricultural products.
Here are the states that are fighting back against ELDs
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's electronic logging device (ELD) mandate has become one of the trucking industry's most controversial regulations -- and several...
Twenty-five lawmakers ask FMCSA to support ELD exemption for safe small business truckers
Yesterday twenty-five members of Congress sent a letter to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) asking the agency to support an Owner-Operator Independent Drivers...
Produce growers and buyers say shipping costs have skyrocketed since ELD law took effect
New reporting says produce growers and buyers are reporting paying double, triple, or even quadruple the amount that they used to pay to truck...
She’s shutting down after 16 years on the road. Here’s why.
An owner-operator who was once named Overdrive Magazine's Most Beautiful truck driver has decided to shut it down after more than a decade on...
Did you get a ticket for an ELD violation? OOIDA wants to hear about it.
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) has announced that they want member truck drivers who receive citations for ELD violations to send in copies of...